灵语

　　BBC一口气续订《天堂岛疑云》第13、14季，以及两集圣诞节特别篇。

　　The Kindred（试管人魔）
　　剧情大概：
　　约翰医生的弟弟因为车祸而丧生，可他却把自己弟弟的遗体当作试验品改造成了怪物，此时他的朋友们来到其居所看望他，一阵腥风血雨即将到来……（此片感觉像变蝇人+怪形的结合体，但故事并不怎么出彩，不过怪物的样子还算比较独特）
　　血腥度：3
　　片中怪物数量：少量
　　怪物类型：人造生物+变异
　　怪物特点：试管培育出来的怪物，可迅速长大，有传染能力，触手系
　　怪物必杀技：穿刺、再生、同化
　　怪物恶心度：3
　　————————————————by zombiehunter

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　故事发生在禁酒令执行期间，私酒买卖成为了黑帮分子们赚钱谋利的最佳手段。达利（大卫·帕特里克·凯利 David Patrick Kelly 饰）和史托兹（尼德·艾森伯格 Ned Eisenberg 饰）分别是爱尔兰黑手党和意大利黑手党的首脑，两个帮派因为争夺地盘的问题而闹得剑拔弩张。
　　某日，镇上来了一位神秘的流浪抢手，自称史密斯（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰），经验丰富的他很快就看出了盘旋在小镇上空一触即发的紧张气氛，喜欢铤而走险的史密斯决定在此大捞一笔。史密斯游走于达利和史托兹之间，很快就赚得盆满钵满，然而，没过多久，他就发现，自己陷入了危机之中，成为了两大黑手党都想要除掉的对象。

　　很久很久以前，有一位落地的书生刘彦昌（郑佩佩 饰），功名失利的他本就落魄沮丧，独自行走在荒郊野外更是战战兢兢。张皇间他来到一间破庙，里面供奉的正是手持宝莲灯的三圣母。他在庙中对着神像一番言语，更斗胆在墙上提下五言绝句一首。这边厢刘彦昌进入梦乡，未曾想华山圣母（林黛 饰）显圣来到庙中。圣母赞赏刘彦昌的清秀容颜，看到墙上的诗歌后更动了凡心。几经考验和试炼，刘彦昌终于和三圣母结为夫妇。仙凡姻缘本成就了一段佳话，但是却触动了天庭的大忌。三圣母的哥哥二郎神领大兵压境，将三圣母锁在华山。数年后，刘彦昌的儿子沉香（林黛 饰）长大，他听说了母亲的故事后，上演了劈山救母的传奇……
　　本片根据中国民间神话故事改编，同时也是著名影星林黛的遗作。